Riderwood Newsroom

Thirteen Baby Ducks Are Born at Riderwood; Mallards Mysteriously Come Each Spring to Give Birth to Their Babies and Then Leave by Summer SILVER SPRING, MD (April 18, 2012) -- Thirteen baby ducks have just been born in the courtyard of the Renaissance Gardens extended care neighborhood at Riderwood retirement community in Silver Spring, MD. Mallards have mysteriously come to Renaissance Gardens each spring for the past few years to give birth to their babies. They then leave by summer to explore new worlds of wonder. Renaissance Gardens residents and staff are now feeding the baby ducks and taking care of them...

Riderwood's 1 st Peep Show Winners Are Announced: "Movie Night" and "Before Riderwood/Living the Good Life at Riderwood" Take Home the Peeps ( er, Honors) Silver Spring, MD (April 13, 2012) - The votes are in and the winning displays in Riderwood retirement community's 1st Peep Show are: "Movie Night" by the Renaissance Gardens extended care staff and "Before Life at Riderwood/Living the Good Life at Riderwood" by the Community Resources and Wellness staff (see attached photos). The Peep Show invited staff members to take their favorite candy - Peeps - and turn them into art. Departmental teams created all sorts...

SILVER SPRING, MD (April 13,2012) - A record 250 people attended a Bluegrass Jam held last night at Riderwood retirement community in Silver Spring, MD. The "Riderwood Ol' Opry Bluegrass/Country/Old-Timey Music Jams" are a stage show format that takes place every two-to-three months. The Lonesome Pine Band provides accompaniment, playing a wide selection of bluegrass, country, western swing, and novelty songs. Riderwood residents, relatives and friends come up on the stage to perform this style of music, backed by the band Regular performers include resident Henry Plotkin on fiddle, resident Glen Lesher and his sons on guitar and resident Walter...

SILVER SPRING, MD (April 13, 2012) - Erickson Living has promoted Jean Landreville to Associate Executive Director for Riderwood, the nation's largest continuing care retirement community with nearly 3,000 residents located in Silver Spring, MD. She joins Riderwood after serving as the Renaissance Gardens extended care neighborhood Administrator for Fox Run, an Erickson Living -managed community in Novi, MI. Landreville began her Erickson career more than six years ago, serving first as the Assistant Executive Director before she opened the Fox Run Renaissance Gardens as its first Administrator. In this role, she helped create one of the finest and most...

SILVER SPRING, MD (April 12, 2012) - Maryland Congressman John Sarbanes (D-3rd District) this week spoke to nearly 100 Riderwood residents about what is at stake in the upcoming November 6 General Election. Because of redistricting, Sarbanes will be representing those Riderwood residents who live in Montgomery County, according to the Democratic Club of Riderwood, which invited the Congressman to speak at its April meeting. Sarbanes held a Q&A session with residents after his remarks. He then participated in an impromptu RWTV interview with Mel Tansill, Riderwood's Public Affairs Manager, in which he outlined his positions on several issues, among...

SILVER SPRING, MD (April 12, 2012) - Nancy Grace Roman, Ph.D., the "Mother of the Hubble," will speak Thursday, April 19, at 1 p.m. at the Riderwood Chapel in Silver Spring, MD. Dr. Roman was NASA's chief astronomer from 1959 until her retirement in 1979. She will speak about her personal and scientific journeys. Dr. Roman's talk is sponsored by the Unitarian Universalists at Riderwood. The public is invited to attend this free event. RSVP: Mel.Tansill@Erickson.com The Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics program is named after Dr. Roman. Dr. Roman is a distinguished American astronomer whose career...

WHAT: 2 nd Annual "Movie Under the Stars" event in which in which hundreds of Riderwood residents, their families and their friends will relive outdoor drive-in movie experiences of the past. They will watch "Breakfast at Tiffany's," a movie starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard (in Mrs. Hepburn's most memorable and identifiable role ) as the wonder of night skies filled with stars adds a magical, surreal backdrop. Attendees will sit in chairs at the Tennis Courts parking lot near Renaissance Gardens to watch the movie, which will be projected onto a huge screen...

SILVER SPRING, MD (April 11, 2012) - Renaissance Gardens, the extended care neighborhood of Riderwood retirement community, will hold May events to honor staff, residents, families and friends for helping the facility attain the maximum 5-Star rating from The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) each year for the past 5 years. The celebration will begin May 5 with a Family and Friends Day as everyone will cheer on their favorite horse in the Kentucky Derby. Ladies will wear their festive spring dresses and beautiful hats and gentlemen will wear their dapper spring outfits. A May 11 Bake Sale...

Riderwood's Security and EMS Coordinator Andrew Janosko Offers Tips for Avoiding Scams Involving Medicare, Grandchildren and Trips/Prizes SILVER SPRING, MD (March 28, 2012) - Scam artists use an array of techniques -- forms sent in the mail, telephone calls, or emails - this time of year to get money from unsuspecting victims. As a public service, Andrew Janosko, the Security and EMS Coordinator at Riderwood retirement community in Silver Spring, MD, recaps the scams now making the rounds and offers tips to help you avoid them: The "Medicare Call" - a person calls, claiming to represent Medicare or Medicaid, and...

SILVER SPRING, MD (March 27, 2012) - The public is invited to attend a Riderwood retirement community Earth Day lecture by Karen Petroff, Assistant Director of the University of Maryland Arboretum and Horticultural Services, who will speak about efforts to maintain the campus' arboretum. Her free lecture will be held Sunday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m., in Encore Theater at Riderwood, 3140 Gracefield Road, Silver Spring. Seating is limited. RSVP: Mel.Tansill@Erickson.com It is fitting that Petroff's lecture will be held on this day at the 120-acre Riderwood campus, which is a certified Wildlife Habitat and a kindred, mission-driven...